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ANNUAL REPORT
2009–2010
North Carolina Center for the
Advancement of Teaching
NCCAT Board of Trustees
Chair
Linda S. Suggs, Morrisville, NC
Vice Chair
Grace M. Edwards, Henrico, NC
Eddie U. Byers, Jefferson, NC
Wanda P. Dawson, Kinston, NC
J. Ferrel Guillory, Raleigh, NC
Barbara Hardy, Kitty Hawk, NC
John M. Highsmith, Clyde, NC
Lee Lewis Leidy, Elizabeth City, NC
Guy P. Smith, Lexington, NC
The Honorable Willis P. Whichard, Chapel Hill, NC
Ex Officio
June Atkinson, Superintendent
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Raleigh, NC
William C. Harrison, Chair
State Board of Education, Raleigh, NC
Executive Director
Mary D. McDuffie, Cullowhee, NC
the Development
Foundation of NCCAT Inc.
Board of Directors
President
Richard A. Schwartz, Raleigh, NC
Vice President
Deanna K. Lee, Charlotte, NC
Treasurer
Judy S. Phillips, Cary, NC
Executive Secretary
Mary D. McDuffie, Cullowhee, NC
Mary Jo Allen, Ahoskie, NC
Allen Lee Burrus, Hatteras, NC
William L. Cassell, Greensboro, NC
Cherri G. Cheek, Ocean Isle Beach, NC
James K. Coward Jr., Sylva, NC
Joyce C. Dugan, Cherokee, NC
The Honorable Anthony R. Foxx, Charlotte, NC
R. Scott Griffin, Mount Holly, NC
Phillip J. Kirk Jr., Raleigh, NC
William Ivey Long, New York, NY
William H. McIntyre, Winston-Salem, NC
Robert E. Merritt, Winston-Salem, NC
Shirley B. Prince, Laurinburg, NC
The Honorable R. Eugene Rogers, Williamston, NC
James R. Simeon, Southern Pines, NC
Richard L. Thompson, Chapel Hill, NC
Dorothy T. Thornburg, Webster, NC
N. Edward Tucker Jr., Charlotte, NC
Kenneth W. Wells, Manteo, NC
Teaching Today, Building Tomorrow
North Carolina’s teachers are critical to the success of student learning. The North Carolina
Center for the Advancement of Teaching is a recognized national leader in professional
development, supporting and retaining the highly qualified teachers who will prepare students
to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.
Established by the state legislature in 1985, NCCAT conducts interdisciplinary seminars for
pre-kindergarten through twelfth-grade teachers, library media specialists, counselors, and
principals employed full-time in North Carolina public schools.
In October 2009, NCCAT transferred to the State Board of Education from the Board of
Governors of the University of North Carolina. The new governance structure is more closely
aligned with NCCAT’s commitment to serve North Carolina’s public school teachers and its
core mission to advance teaching as an art and a profession. NCCAT exercises its duties
through the NCCAT Board of Trustees and continues to provide high-quality professional
development programming that is innovative, engaging, and effective.
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Richard A. Schwartz
President, Development Foundation
The Future Starts Now…
These four small words represent a call to action big enough to change the world.
We first published this message in 2005 on an invitation to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching. We meant it then and we’ve been living
by it ever since. In the past five years, NCCAT has heavily invested its resources in professional
development programming designed to create a better future for North Carolina’s public school
teachers and their students.
In addition to our cutting-edge instructional programming, we are expanding two significant
initiatives designed to effectively support teachers in meeting the needs of their students:
the NCCAT Teaching Students of the 21st Century Initiative and the NCCAT Beginning
Teachers Model. Our goal is to provide teachers with the tools and strategies they need to
teach children the twenty-first century skills essential to becoming vital contributors to North
Carolina’s future economy.
Despite the budget cuts NCCAT has endured over the past two years, we have never wavered
from our mission—to advance teaching as an art and a profession. When funding for NCCAT
was threatened during budget negotiations, NCCAT alumni, trustees, and foundation board
members all rose to the challenge. They called, wrote letters, sent emails, and made numerous
visits to our elected officials to communicate the importance of giving our state’s teachers what
they need to be the highly effective, dedicated, and passionate educators who inspire their
students to learn and become responsible citizens of the world.
And their voices were heard. We are extremely grateful for the encouragement and support we
received from our constituents and we would like to acknowledge the commitment and vision
of the members of the North Carolina General Assembly. Their understanding of the need for
the quality professional development NCCAT provides continues to assure that this unique
institution will thrive even in these difficult times.
As we prepare to celebrate NCCAT’s 25th anniversary, we remain steadfast in our belief that
all students deserve a quality education. Common sense and abundant research tell us that
teacher quality is the single most important factor in improving student achievement. Students
with strong teachers in consecutive years soar academically, regardless of other external
factors beyond the control of the school. Our state’s legislators know that we simply cannot
compromise on teacher quality. North Carolina’s 1.46 million public school students need
teachers who can inspire them to do their absolute best work—each and every school day.
NCCAT continues to work tirelessly to provide meaningful and effective professional
development for our state’s teachers—to help them to be great. This fiscal year, NCCAT served
more than 2,800 teachers in seminars and programs; three-quarters of these teachers have
been in the classroom twenty years or less, so they will continue to have a positive and lasting
impact on their students for a very long time. We know the teachers of today are touching
tomorrow. We understand the future starts now, and we are ready to change the world—one
great teacher at a time.
Linda S. Suggs
Chair, Board of Trustees
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Mary D. McDuffie
Executive Director
NCCAT Delivers What Teachers Need Most
In February 2010, former North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt Jr. said, “Education is
the foundation for all we do in life. It shapes who we are and what we aspire to be…. Let’s
encourage and reward creativity in our students—and in our teachers. Let’s breathe new life
into our classrooms, making them more engaging with teaching that places value on both
style and substance.”
We could not agree more. Since 1985, the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of
Teaching has provided rich professional support and collaborative opportunities for more
than 60,000 public school educators—including teachers, school counselors, library media
specialists, and administrators.
NCCAT’s instructional programming is essential for North Carolina’s public schools, providing
professional development seminars focusing on beginning teacher support, STEM instruction,
diversity education, dropout prevention, literacy skills, and the humanities.
All around the world, nations are investing in teacher learning as they seek to drive students’
academic success and improve education systems. In our own country, President Barack
Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have both made teaching quality a major focus
of our nation’s education policy.
Increasing teacher effectiveness is fundamental to improving public education in our state and
that is where NCCAT plays a pivotal role—by providing meaningful and ongoing professional
development opportunities for beginning and veteran pre-kindergarten through twelfth-grade
teachers throughout their careers. NCCAT seminars foster creativity, ingenuity, and teamwork
so teachers can cultivate classrooms that are more active, engaging, collaborative, experiential,
and interdisciplinary.
If education policy is going to have a positive impact, we must recognize that teacher
development is a primary means of enhancing student achievement and ensuring academic
success in the twenty-first century. Knowing that many school districts have a need for
effective professional development, NCCAT remains one of the best opportunities for
supporting our state’s teachers by offering quintessential instructional programming.
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Did You Know?
• NCCAT conducts interdisciplinary, content-specific seminars for pre-kindergarten through
twelfth-grade teachers in the environmental and biological sciences, health, technology,
humanities, arts, communication, and leadership—strengthening teachers and helping keep
them in the profession.
• NCCAT has achieved national recognition for its proven methodology in transformative
professional development and efficacy that is critical to teacher retention and subsequent
student achievement. NCCAT serves both beginning and experienced teachers, as well as
teachers seeking National Board certification and teachers conducting scholarly research.
• NCCAT models best practices for application to the classroom. An overwhelming 99% of
teachers report that they have gained valuable knowledge and skills that they can apply to
their classrooms during their NCCAT seminar, and 98% report that their NCCAT experience
will aid in their efforts to increase student achievement.
• NCCAT understands that it takes teamwork and collaboration to create a school climate
where teachers and students thrive. Since 1985, NCCAT has been encouraging teams of
teachers and administrators to participate in content-specific professional development
seminars, such as “Young, Black, and Male in the 21st Century” and “Ain’t Misbehavin’:
Ethics, Law, and Conflict Resolution for Educators,” as well as through the Principal
Scholars Initiative.
• NCCAT invests in the future of North Carolina’s teachers, children, and communities by
reviewing and incorporating appropriate state and national education initiatives into its
professional development programming for educators.
• NCCAT seminars and programs incorporate the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
and are aligned with the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards. NCCAT covers
all program costs including seminar expenses, meals, lodging, and pay for the substitute
teacher while the participant is attending the seminar.
• NCCAT provides high-quality, research-based professional development year-round on two
residential campuses, one in Cullowhee and the other in Ocracoke. Both campuses provide
seminar space, state-of-the-art computer laboratories, lodging, and dining services. NCCAT
maintains one infrastructure for both campuses; all administrative, registration, finance, human
relations, and other essential operations-related services are based at the Cullowhee campus.
• NCCAT provides effective professional development for our state’s public school teachers
throughout their careers.
• Almost half of the teachers who have come
to NCCAT in the past five years have been
teaching for ten years or less. About 75%
have been teaching for twenty years or
less. These teachers will continue to make
a positive and lasting difference with their
students for years to come.
• According to the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, “Teachers need continued
appropriate professional development,
mentoring to build teacher effectiveness,
and ongoing support that will ensure they
want to stay in the classroom.”
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0-5 yrs
6-10 yrs
11-15 yrs
16-20 yrs
21-25 yrs
26-30 yrs
31+
yrs
28%
21%
12% 15%
10%
10%
4%
Calendar Years 2005–2009
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The NCCAT Beginning Teachers Model
NCCAT recognizes that beginning teachers have unique professional development
needs. Since 2003, NCCAT has worked with predominately low-wealth, high-need
rural school districts to provide a comprehensive framework of high-quality strategic
programming to increase beginning teacher effectiveness and promote student
achievement, while establishing a network of support during this particularly challenging
time in teachers’ careers.
To address the critical issues related to retaining and strengthening beginning teachers,
NCCAT has created a comprehensive induction program designed specifically to support
teachers in their first three years of teaching. The NCCAT Beginning Teachers Model is
comprised of NCCAT Connections, a yearlong program designed for teachers in their
first year in the classroom, and “Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the
Classroom,” a five-day residential seminar designed for teachers in their second or third
year of teaching. Both of these programs allow beginning teachers to explore and practice
instructional strategies that will help them be successful and assist them in meeting the
needs of all students.
NCCAT Connections is an extensive, yearlong induction program for teachers in their first
year in the classroom. It is designed to provide high-quality, research-based professional
development to retain, strengthen, and support these first-year teachers and address
the needs of students in under-served and under-resourced communities. The program
is primarily site-based within the school district, but also includes an opportunity for
teachers from two different school districts to come together for a weekend seminar that
focuses on meeting the needs of students of poverty.
NCCAT’s “Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the Classroom” seminars
are designed for teachers in their critically important second or third year of teaching
who have not had the benefit of participating in NCCAT Connections. These five-day
residential seminars are designed to focus on those areas that will have the greatest
impact on increasing teacher effectiveness, engaging students, managing the
classroom, and enhancing student achievement.
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Teaching Students of the 21st Century Initiative
The jobs of tomorrow are going to require expanded skills in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM). With a global economy that demands creativity,
ingenuity, and a strong STEM-based workforce, the need for STEM-related professional
development is more important than ever before. NCCAT’s Teaching Students of the 21st
Century Initiative gives teachers a better foundation in STEM and therefore increases
their confidence in teaching STEM-related content, especially those with general
education backgrounds.
As North Carolina moves to emphasize STEM disciplines in the public school curriculum,
NCCAT’s Teaching Students of the 21st Century Initiative continues to provide our state’s
teachers with the professional development they need to help students compete and
succeed in the twenty-first century. NCCAT gives teachers hands-on experiences with
the newest frontiers, allowing them to learn and share creative, engaging, and effective
teaching strategies. NCCAT seminars energize our state’s teachers’ intellectual curiosity
in these areas and they, in turn, actively engage their students.
NCCAT offers instructional programming specifically addressing science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics, including seminars such as “Catching Up with Your
Students: Navigating Technology for the 21st Century”; “Climbing the Double Helix: Is
DNA Destiny?”; “Dollars and Sense: Building Financial Literacy”; “Everyone Needs a
Little Mystery: CSI in Your Classroom”; “The Ecology of Barrier Islands”; “Multimedia in
the Classroom: Empowering Student Learning”; “Sea Level Rise: The Impact of Climate
Change”; and “You Go, Girl! Empowering Girls in Math, Science, and Technology.”
All of NCCAT’s professional development seminars are designed to equip teachers with
the critical skills and knowledge that will strengthen their ability to teach and integrate
STEM into the curriculum in exciting and innovative ways. The more knowledgeable
and inspired teachers are in these areas, the better educated and prepared the next
generation will be.
The Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc.
Create a Legacy for Tomorrow: Inspire the Teachers of Today
The Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc. was established in 1994 to foster and promote the growth,
progress, and general welfare of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching and to receive
and administer gifts and donations for such purposes.
We are extremely grateful for the generous support of our grant partners, sponsors, and donors,
especially during these challenging economic times. Their financial commitment to NCCAT’s instructional
programming during the 2009–2010 fiscal year has provided much-needed support so that NCCAT can
continue to inspire great teaching.
PROGRAM Grants
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
• $125,000 in support of NCCAT Connections, a program for teachers in their first year in the classroom.
This grant provided funding for teachers from school districts in Bertie, Hertford, and Warren counties to
participate in NCCAT Connections, a yearlong induction program for teachers in their first year of teaching.
• $30,000 in support of “Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the Classroom,” a five-day
residential seminar for teachers in their second or third year of teaching.
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc.
• $65,000 in support of NCCAT’s Holocaust Education Program.
Grant funds supported teachers participating in NCCAT’s “Teaching the Holocaust: Resources and
Reflections” seminar in Washington, DC and “Gathering of Holocaust Educators: Perspectives on
Genocide in the Shadow of the Holocaust” seminar in Cullowhee.
Charles M. and Mary D. Grant Foundation
• $30,000 in support of NCCAT’s Teaching Students of the 21st Century Initiative.
Grant funds supported teachers participating in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) professional development seminars.
Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation
• $10,000 in support of NCCAT’s Teaching Students of the 21st Century Initiative.
Grant funds supported teachers participating in a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) professional development seminar.
Dominion Foundation: Dominion Educational Partnership
• $6,400 in support of NCCAT’s Teaching Students of the 21st Century Initiative.
Grant funds supported teachers participating in NCCAT’s “Planet Wetlands: Living Marshlands of the
Outer Banks” professional development seminar.
PROGRAM Contracts
The Kenan Fellows Program partnered with NCCAT for the development and implementation of a seminar
designed to investigate complex policy decisions involving science and technology called “Navigating
Complexity,” which was conducted in the summer of 2009.
Edgecombe County Public Schools, Johnston County Public Schools, and Martin County Public Schools
These school systems participated in NCCAT Connections, a yearlong induction program for teachers in their
first year of teaching.
The Collaborative Project of the Public School Forum of North Carolina partnered with NCCAT
by supporting teachers participating in NCCAT’s “Best Practices for Motivating African American
Students” seminar that was designed to help close the achievement gap.
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction partnered to support NCCAT’s Principal Scholars
Initiative, a pilot program designed to help develop supportive school leaders and give principals the
unprecedented opportunity to participate in a professional development seminar with teachers from across
the state.
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Special Events
The following individuals and organizations supported public education by hosting an NCCAT special event:
• In November 2009, Diamonds Direct Crabtree hosted a fundraising event
in Raleigh to support the Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc.
• In April 2010, Alfred and Anita Schnog hosted a fundraising
event in Wilmington to support NCCAT’s Holocaust
Education Program.
Golden Apple Schools
When teachers return to their classrooms after participating in an NCCAT seminar, they often join a
larger community of NCCAT alumni. Frequently, this cadre of teacher leaders recognizes that the NCCAT
experience has contributed significantly to their personal and professional lives and they look for ways to
give back to NCCAT.
In fiscal year 2009–2010, all of the NCCAT alumni in twenty-nine schools contributed to the NCCAT Annual
Fund, thus achieving Golden Apple School status. This is a 26% increase over the previous fiscal year,
which is especially significant during these economically challenging times. Eighteen of these Golden Apple
Schools are consecutive award winners.
HONORED EDUCATOR SCHOLARSHIPS
NCCAT’s Honored Educator Scholarship Program gives tribute to outstanding individuals and educators
by providing scholarship funds in their names. Scholarship funds can be named in honor of classroom
teachers, coaches, administrators, school board members, or community volunteers—anyone who has
made a positive difference in the field of education. Donors can establish scholarships with preference
for teachers from a geographic area or an academic discipline. NCCAT administers each scholarship that
reaches the endowment goal of $25,000.
These scholarships make it possible for NCCAT to serve more teachers by supplementing the annual state
budget. Each named scholarship is awarded annually to a North Carolina teacher, who also receives a
$250 cash award for a classroom project. To make a donation honoring these educators or to start a new
scholarship fund, please contact the Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc. at foundation@nccat.org.
Honored Educator Scholarships for Teachers in these Counties
Boldface indicates funds have reached the $25,000 level as of June 30, 2010.
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Mary Jo Allen: Teacher of the Year/Edgecombe County
Mary Jo Allen: Hertford County
The Belk Foundation: Statewide
Robert E. and Hattie H. Bridges: Wake County
Robert E. Bridges: Cary Academy
Marjorie T. and John S. Britt: Statewide
Brian Bryson: Jackson County
William Byrum: Perquimans County
Anne Marie Collins: Alamance County
Dare County Schools: Teacher of the Year/Dare County
Boyce T. Deitz: Swain County
Devonwood Foundation: Durham Academy
Mary Jane Coward Dillard: Jackson County
Duplin County: Teacher of the Year/Duplin County
Jerome D. Franson: Statewide
Luz M. Frye: Foreign Language Teachers
Karen Gerringer: Principal Fellows Interns
Guilford County Schools: Teacher of the Year/Guilford County
Elsie Brame Hunt and Norma Henderson Leonard: Wilson County
Phillip J. Kirk Jr.: Rowan-Salisbury Schools*
Susan S. McHugh: Polk County
Mabel Roberson McIntyre: Nash and Wilson Counties
Lynda Petty: Randolph County*
A. Craig Phillips: Statewide*
Jean P. Powell: Clinton City and Sampson County
A. M. Primm: Alamance County
Eugene and Jean Rogers: Martin County
Richard A. Schwartz: Statewide
Gracia and John Slater Family: Jackson and Henderson Counties
Simon F. Terrell: Durham, Orange, Wake, Warren Counties*
Richard L. Thompson: Statewide
Beulah Padgett Whichard: Clay and Durham Counties
Willis P. Whichard: Statewide
C. Fletcher Womble Jr.: Cumberland County
An asterisk (*) indicates a second Honored Educator Scholarship has been initiated.
• In June 2010, the Sandhills Region
Education Consortium hosted the
fifth annual “Old Fossil” Golf
Tournament in Pinehurst to honor
Dr. A. Craig Phillips, former
superintendent of the North Carolina
Department of Public Instruction.
Personnel $ 4,044,357
• Wages, salaries, and benefits for 82 full-time and part-time employees
Substitute Teachers and Visiting Presenters 637,109
Current Services 914,438
• Other services, including maintenance contracts and services, utilities, telephone,
building and equipment repairs, travel, printing, and contracted food services
Supplies 353,371
• Program materials, books, videos, food products, office supplies, cleaning materials,
and maintenance materials for building and grounds
Equipment and Technology 2,504
• Furnishings, computers, network and infrastructure upgrades, and office equipment
Fixed Charges 69,099
• Insurance, rental agreements, professional publications, and memberships
TOTAL: $ 6,020,878
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68.6%
25.3%
5.0%
68.6%–Seminars and Programs 1.1%
Planning, registration, lodging services, visiting
presenters, staff services, substitute teachers,
supplies and materials, teacher and staff travel,
and teacher services
25.3%–Direct Support Services
Dining services, building and grounds
maintenance, repairs, minor improvements,
cleaning, utilities and telephone equipment, and
contracted services
5.0%–Administration
Management, planning, reporting, budget, policy
analysis, and personnel
1.1%–Development
Administrative costs and expenses of the
Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc.
HOW THE 2009–2010 BUDGET WAS SPENT
Financials 2009–2010
STATE BUDGET
The Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc. is a 501(c)(3) that was established to help the North Carolina
Center for the Advancement of Teaching more effectively leverage state resources. This has enabled NCCAT
to attain matching funds and to participate in cost-sharing programs with a host of entities, resulting in
numerous partnerships with school systems, educational agencies, and public and private funders.
The generous support of North Carolina’s state government serves as a baseline budget for NCCAT’s
innovative instructional programming. Through the additional support of friends, private foundations,
and corporate partners, NCCAT is able to provide highly effective professional development for
North Carolina’s public school teachers. We offer our sincere appreciation for the generous gifts from
many organizations and individuals during the 2009–2010 fiscal year. These contributions reflect their
commitment to the vital role NCCAT plays in strengthening public education in North Carolina.
Income
Honored Educator Scholarship and Holocaust Education Endowments $ 75,995
Annual Fund 164,755
Investment Income 62,635
Subtotal $ 303,385
Program Grants
Golden LEAF Foundation ($174,000: Calendar Year 2009)
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation $ 155,000
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc. 65,000
Charles M. and Mary D. Grant Foundation 30,000
Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation 10,000
Dominion Foundation: Dominion Educational Partnership 6,400
Subtotal $ 266,400
Program Contracts $ 86,726
Grand Total $ 656,511
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92.8%–State Funding $6,020,878
5.4%–Grant/Contractual Funding $353,126
1.8%–Foundation Funding $118,095
TOTAL: $6,492,099
2009–2010 TOTAL OPERATING FUNDS
92.8%
1.8%
5.4%
Financials 2009–2010
DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION OF NCCAT INC.
Summary of Activities
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Most citizens believe that the primary role of public schools is to educate our children so they can grow
up to become productive members of society. Although there are many theories about the best way to
accomplish this goal, experts agree that the most significant factor contributing to student learning is
teacher quality. And that’s where NCCAT plays a vital role. NCCAT positively impacts public education by
providing extraordinary professional development for North Carolina teachers throughout their careers.
NCCAT’s instructional programming is designed to give teachers the support and resources they need to
be highly effective and enhance student achievement.
Beginning Teachers Programming
Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the Classroom (eleven seminars) • Cullowhee and Ocracoke
Designed for beginning teachers in their second or third year of teaching.
NCCAT Connections—A comprehensive yearlong induction program designed for first-year teachers in
Bertie, Edgecombe, Hertford, Johnston, Martin, and Warren counties that is held in their school districts
and at NCCAT’s Cullowhee campus.
Arts, Humanities, Cultural Diversity, and Leadership Seminars
Ain’t Misbehavin’: Ethics, Law, and Conflict Resolution for Educators • Cullowhee
Best Practices for Motivating African American Students • Cullowhee
Best Practices for Teaching Latino Students • Cullowhee
Biltmore House: Its People and Impact • Cullowhee
Biltmore: Vision, History, and Heritage • Cullowhee
Books as Hooks: Motivating Students to Read and Write • Ocracoke
Camelot: The Myth and Mystique of the Kennedy Years (two seminars) • Ocracoke
Daring to Lead • Cullowhee
Emotional Intelligence and Wellness in the Classroom (two seminars) • Cullowhee and Ocracoke
Exceptional Opportunities: Meeting the Needs of Children with Developmental Disabilities • Cullowhee
Exploring the Landscape through Art and Writing • Cullowhee
From Biltmore to the Blue Ridge: The Vision of George W. Vanderbilt • Cullowhee
From Harlem to Hip-Hop • Cullowhee
From Imagination to Inspiration: Living the Creative Life • Cullowhee
From Moonshine to Fine Wine: Economics, History, and Change in North Carolina • Cullowhee
Front Porch Swings and Onion Rings: Enduring Myths and Emerging Realities • Cullowhee
Gathering of Holocaust Educators: Perspectives on Genocide in the Shadow of the Holocaust • Cullowhee
Global Perspectives: Promoting the World through Your Students’ Eyes • Cullowhee
Grappling with History: The Trail of Tears • Cullowhee
Heart of Teaching • Cullowhee
History Hits Home: World War II off North Carolina’s Coast • Ocracoke
Is There a Children’s Book in You? • Cullowhee
Island People, Island Culture • Ocracoke
Leadership, Creativity, and Change: Positive Paths for North Carolina Schools • Cullowhee
Let Freedom Ride! Traveling the Road to Civil Rights in America • North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama
Light the Way: Exploring the Lighhouses of the Outer Banks • Ocracoke
North Carolina Is My Home: Celebrating Our State’s Literary Heritage • Ocracoke
On the Edge of Forever: Teaching Beyond the Boundaries • Ocracoke
Oral History: The Art of Storytelling • Cullowhee
Place of Refuge: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park • Cullowhee
Reading and Writing by the Sea • Ocracoke
Salty Dogs and the Lore of the Sea • Ocracoke
Songs and Tales of Whales and Sails • Ocracoke
Teaching Reluctant Readers: Bringing Boys to Books • Cullowhee
Teaching the Holocaust: Resources and Reflections • Washington, DC
Teaching with Confidence in Diverse Classrooms • Cullowhee
Teaching Writing through Children’s Literature (two seminars) • Cullowhee and Ocracoke
The Power of Words • Cullowhee
The Transformative Power of the Arts • Cullowhee
Titanic: History and Mystery of the Ship of Dreams • Ocracoke
US Coast Guard: Guardians of the Sea • Ocracoke
Visual Journal: Where the Image Meets the Word • Cullowhee
Women in Aviation: Pioneers of Courage (two seminars) • Ocracoke
Writing from Sound to Sea: Inspiration and Creativity by the Shore • Ocracoke
Writing Powerful Stories: Principles and Practice • Ocracoke
Young, Black, and Male in the 21st Century • Cullowhee
Independent Study and Research
Teacher Scholars in Residence • Cullowhee
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Seminars
Twenty-one National Board Support Seminars were held for teachers who are candidates for
national certification • Cullowhee and Ocracoke
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Seminars
Climbing the Double Helix: Is DNA Destiny? • Ocracoke
Crime Scene Investigator: The New Sherlock Holmes • Cullowhee
Dollars and Sense: Building Financial Literacy • Ocracoke
Empowering Student Learning in the Digital Universe • Cullowhee
Endangered Species: Saving the Loggerhead and Piping Plover • Ocracoke
Everyone Needs a Little Mystery: CSI in Your Classroom • Cullowhee
Get the Picture? The Math, Science, and Art of Photography • Cullowhee
Growing Healthy: Green Living in the 21st Century • Cullowhee
Holistic Health • Cullowhee
Hurricanes: In the Eye of the Storm • Ocracoke
Multimedia in the Classroom: Empowering Student Learning • Cullowhee
Narrative Images: Storytelling in the Age of New Media • Cullowhee
NASCAR: Science on the Racetrack • Concord
Natural Rhythms of the River • Cullowhee
New Year, New You: Renewing Our Commitment to Health • Cullowhee
Planet Wetlands: Living Marshlands of the Outer Banks • Ocracoke
Sea Level Rise: The Impact of Climate Change on the Outer Banks • Ocracoke
Sea, Sand, and Human Hands: The Changing Face of the Outer Banks • Ocracoke
Starry, Starry Night • Ocracoke
Stress, Health, and Learning (two seminars) • Cullowhee
The Appalachian Trail: Experiential Ecology • Cullowhee
The Ecology of Barrier Islands • Ocracoke
The Mountain • Cullowhee and Mount LeConte
Wiki, Wacky, What? Understanding Web 2.0 Applications • Cullowhee
World in Motion: Careers and Creativity in the Car Industry • Cullowhee
You Go, Girl! Empowering Girls in Math, Science, and Technology • Cullowhee
Programs for Educational Groups
Junior and Senior Teaching Fellows: Public School Forum of North Carolina • Hickory
Navigating Complexity: Kenan Fellows Summer Institute • Cullowhee
National Board Candidate Support Training • Cullowhee
National Board Golden LEAF Candidate Support Provider Training • Graham County
National Board Candidate Support Providers Meeting–Western Region • Cullowhee
Weekend Seminars for Alumni
Musical Traditions of North Carolina • Atlantic Beach
Motown: The Message in the Moves • Cullowhee
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Partners
We are honored to be associated with these individuals, companies, institutions, and agencies whose
support helps to enhance NCCAT’s instructional programming. During 2009–2010, the following
organizations provided world-class scholars and presenters for professional development seminars and
served as partners with NCCAT in advancing the art and profession of teaching in North Carolina.
These partners are located in North Carolina unless otherwise indicated.
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Colleges and Universities
Appalachian State University
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Belmont Abbey College
Dalton State College, Dalton, Georgia
Duke University
Durham Technical Community College
East Carolina University
Fayetteville State University
Guilford College
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia
New York University, New York, New York
North Carolina A&T State University
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina State University
Institute of the Environment
Kenan Fellows Program
The Science House
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
Southwestern Community College (GEAR UP)
University of North Carolina at Asheville
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Center for the Study of the American South
Institute for the Environment
Marine Sciences
North Carolina Collection
Research Laboratories of Archaeology
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
Western Carolina University
Center for Rapid Product Realization
Cherokee Center
Hunter Library, Special Collections
Intensive English Program
Mountain Heritage Center
Psychological Services
Spring Literary Festival
Business, Education, and Government
Alchemy for Leaders
Asheville High School
Audubon North Carolina
BMW, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Barrier Island Aviation
Campbell Shatley PLLC
Capstone Publishers, Mankato, Minnesota
Charles M. and Mary D. Grant Foundation
City Club at de Rosset
City Lights Bookstore
Communities in Schools of North Carolina
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc.,
New York, New York
Dark Cove Pottery and Farm
Dare County Commission
DeKalb County Central United School District, Waterloo, Indiana
Dominion Foundation: Dominion Educational Partnership
Dream Builders Communications Inc.
Duke Energy Foundation
Evergreen Community Charter School
Franklin Police Department
Golden LEAF Foundation
GlaxoSmithKline Community Partnerships
Green Energy Park
Grove Park Inn
Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel
Harris Regional Hospital
Hatteras Community Center
Haywood Regional Park and Fitness Center
Hyde County Emergency Management Services
Hyde County Sheriff’s Department
Island Institute, Rockland, Maine
Jackson County School of Alternatives
Johnston County Schools
Knoxville Police Department, Knoxville, Tennessee
Law Office of Thomas M. Stern
LEARN NC
Literacy Beyond Picture Books
Lobsterman & Island Institute, Little Cranberry Island, Maine
Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Macon County Sheriff’s Department
Michelin, Greenville, South Carolina
MindSpring Consulting Inc.
Mission Hospitals
Moore & Van Allen
Morrow High School, Rex, Georgia
Mountain Crossings, Neel’s Gap, Georgia
NASCAR Research and Development Facility
Nantahala Outdoor Center
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards,
Arlington, Virginia
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National
Weather Service
Ninth Grade Academy, Stockbridge, Georgia
North Buncombe High School
North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association
North Carolina Bookwatch
North Carolina Coastal Federation
North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
North Carolina Council on the Holocaust
North Carolina Department of Administration
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources:
State Historic Preservation Office
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Coastal Management
Division of Marine Fisheries
Division of Water Quality
Division of Water Resources
State Stormwater Management Program
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
North Carolina Department of Transportation: Ferry Division
North Carolina Division of Emergency Management
North Carolina State Construction Office
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Northwood High School
Ocracoke Civic and Business Association
Ocracoke Island Airport
Ocracoke School
Ocracoke Seafood Company
Ocracoke Working Watermen’s Association
Penske Racing
Penske Technology Group
Performance Instruction & Training, Pit Crew U
Petty Enterprises
Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation
Pisgah Inn
Rachel E. Beaulieu Law Office PLLC
Random House Inc., New York, New York
South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, Charleston, South Carolina
State Employees’ Credit Union
Storypoint Media
T.C. Roberson High School
Teacher’s Workshop, Milledgeville, Georgia
United States Army Corps of Engineers
United States Coast Guard
United States Department of Environment and Natural Resources,
Washington, DC
United States Forest Service
United States Navy
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 2
Valley Springs Middle School
Vegenui Garden
Victory Junction
Wake County Public Schools
Weaver Academy of Advanced Technology
Wells Fargo, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
Y.E. Smith Elementary School
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Museums, Libraries, and Parks
Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation,
New York, New York
Benjamin E. Mays Memorial, Atlanta, Georgia
Blue Ridge Parkway
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center
Cradle of Forestry in America
Destiny Traveling Science Learning Program
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Howard Washington Thurman National Memorial, Atlanta, Georgia
Jockey’s Ridge State Park
Kituwah Mound
Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel, Atlanta, Georgia
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Atlanta, Georgia
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
Mountain Farm Museum
Museum of the Cherokee Indian
National Park Service
National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, Selma, Alabama
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Oconaluftee Indian Village
Oconaluftee Visitor Center
Ocracoke Lighthouse
Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum
Pack Place Education, Arts, and Science Center:
The Health Adventure
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
Pisgah National Forest
Sam Bass Gallery
Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama
Springer’s Point Preserve
Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
Wright Brothers National Memorial
Cultural Diversity and Awareness
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), Atlanta, Georgia
Center for Diversity Education
Center for Participatory Change
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Hillside International Truth Center, Atlanta, Georgia
IBM Multicultural People in Technology Project
Imaginative Storm Writing Workshops, New York, New York
InterCultural Advantage
North Carolina Council on the Holocaust
Alfred and Anita Schnog
Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education
Teaching Tolerance, a Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center,
Montgomery, Alabama
Religious Organizations
Adas Israel Synagogue, Washington, DC
Basilica of Saint Lawrence
Cathedral of All Souls
Ocracoke Assembly of God Church
Ocracoke United Methodist Church
Rabbi Israel Fund
Arts and Engagements
Asheville Playback Theater
Albatross Fleet
Bandana Klezmer
Barrier Island Aviation Ltd.
Burrus Flightseeing Tours
Clapping Dog Music
Circle Project
Corbis-Bettmann
Coyote Music
Elizabeth Ellison Watercolors
Evergreen Tai Chi
Frogtown Four
God Bless and Child Productions, Plainfield, New Jersey
Gregg Gelb Trio
Hatteras Island Tours
David Holt, High Windy Productions Inc.
Kitty Hawk Kites
Laughing Eye Studio
Looking Glass Productions
Martin & Friends
McIntyre Photography Inc.
Molasses Creek
Nina Bagley Designs
Ninth Wonder
Philomel Books, New York, New York
Pocosin Arts Gallery
Portsmouth Island Boat Tours
Portsmouth Island ATV Excursions
Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual Inc.
Ride the Wind Surf Shop
Sam Bass Gallery of Motorsports Art
The Schooner Windfall
Will & Deni Films
Kat Williams, Williams Entertainment Group
Historic and Environmental Preservation
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Appropriate Building Solutions Inc.
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Balsam Mountain Trust
Biltmore Estate
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site
Cradle of Forestry Interpretive Association
Friends of Portsmouth Island
HandMade in America
Jackson County Green Energy Park
Judaculla Rock
Moffat and Nichols
Mount LeConte Lodge
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“Technology skills are the skills my students need for the future, and it is my responsibility to
equip them for this journey. I am very committed to integrating what I learned in this NCCAT
seminar into my daily instruction. I believe being able to connect with my students’ passion
for technology will result in higher engagement with their lessons, which will result
in increased student success.”
Lydia Kirkman, Northwest Guilford Middle School, Guilford County
“Attending the annual ‘Gathering of Holocaust Educators’ is like attending a college-level
course. The professional learning community provides us with extensive resources. Each year,
what I learn is incorporated into what I teach and how I teach.”
Pernell Collett, Ledford Senior High School, Davidson County
“NCCAT has provided me with the most in-depth and informative professional development
seminar that I have ever attended. It not only educated me as a teacher, but also inspired me
to go above and beyond to create quality learning experiences for all my students.”
Miranda Saul, Murrayville Elementary School, New Hanover County
2,000 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $1,376.34 or $0.6882 per copy.
From the mountains to the sea, advancing teaching as an art and a profession
Cullowhee Campus Ocracoke Campus

ANNUAL REPORT
2009–2010
North Carolina Center for the
Advancement of Teaching
NCCAT Board of Trustees
Chair
Linda S. Suggs, Morrisville, NC
Vice Chair
Grace M. Edwards, Henrico, NC
Eddie U. Byers, Jefferson, NC
Wanda P. Dawson, Kinston, NC
J. Ferrel Guillory, Raleigh, NC
Barbara Hardy, Kitty Hawk, NC
John M. Highsmith, Clyde, NC
Lee Lewis Leidy, Elizabeth City, NC
Guy P. Smith, Lexington, NC
The Honorable Willis P. Whichard, Chapel Hill, NC
Ex Officio
June Atkinson, Superintendent
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Raleigh, NC
William C. Harrison, Chair
State Board of Education, Raleigh, NC
Executive Director
Mary D. McDuffie, Cullowhee, NC
the Development
Foundation of NCCAT Inc.
Board of Directors
President
Richard A. Schwartz, Raleigh, NC
Vice President
Deanna K. Lee, Charlotte, NC
Treasurer
Judy S. Phillips, Cary, NC
Executive Secretary
Mary D. McDuffie, Cullowhee, NC
Mary Jo Allen, Ahoskie, NC
Allen Lee Burrus, Hatteras, NC
William L. Cassell, Greensboro, NC
Cherri G. Cheek, Ocean Isle Beach, NC
James K. Coward Jr., Sylva, NC
Joyce C. Dugan, Cherokee, NC
The Honorable Anthony R. Foxx, Charlotte, NC
R. Scott Griffin, Mount Holly, NC
Phillip J. Kirk Jr., Raleigh, NC
William Ivey Long, New York, NY
William H. McIntyre, Winston-Salem, NC
Robert E. Merritt, Winston-Salem, NC
Shirley B. Prince, Laurinburg, NC
The Honorable R. Eugene Rogers, Williamston, NC
James R. Simeon, Southern Pines, NC
Richard L. Thompson, Chapel Hill, NC
Dorothy T. Thornburg, Webster, NC
N. Edward Tucker Jr., Charlotte, NC
Kenneth W. Wells, Manteo, NC
Teaching Today, Building Tomorrow
North Carolina’s teachers are critical to the success of student learning. The North Carolina
Center for the Advancement of Teaching is a recognized national leader in professional
development, supporting and retaining the highly qualified teachers who will prepare students
to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.
Established by the state legislature in 1985, NCCAT conducts interdisciplinary seminars for
pre-kindergarten through twelfth-grade teachers, library media specialists, counselors, and
principals employed full-time in North Carolina public schools.
In October 2009, NCCAT transferred to the State Board of Education from the Board of
Governors of the University of North Carolina. The new governance structure is more closely
aligned with NCCAT’s commitment to serve North Carolina’s public school teachers and its
core mission to advance teaching as an art and a profession. NCCAT exercises its duties
through the NCCAT Board of Trustees and continues to provide high-quality professional
development programming that is innovative, engaging, and effective.
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Richard A. Schwartz
President, Development Foundation
The Future Starts Now…
These four small words represent a call to action big enough to change the world.
We first published this message in 2005 on an invitation to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching. We meant it then and we’ve been living
by it ever since. In the past five years, NCCAT has heavily invested its resources in professional
development programming designed to create a better future for North Carolina’s public school
teachers and their students.
In addition to our cutting-edge instructional programming, we are expanding two significant
initiatives designed to effectively support teachers in meeting the needs of their students:
the NCCAT Teaching Students of the 21st Century Initiative and the NCCAT Beginning
Teachers Model. Our goal is to provide teachers with the tools and strategies they need to
teach children the twenty-first century skills essential to becoming vital contributors to North
Carolina’s future economy.
Despite the budget cuts NCCAT has endured over the past two years, we have never wavered
from our mission—to advance teaching as an art and a profession. When funding for NCCAT
was threatened during budget negotiations, NCCAT alumni, trustees, and foundation board
members all rose to the challenge. They called, wrote letters, sent emails, and made numerous
visits to our elected officials to communicate the importance of giving our state’s teachers what
they need to be the highly effective, dedicated, and passionate educators who inspire their
students to learn and become responsible citizens of the world.
And their voices were heard. We are extremely grateful for the encouragement and support we
received from our constituents and we would like to acknowledge the commitment and vision
of the members of the North Carolina General Assembly. Their understanding of the need for
the quality professional development NCCAT provides continues to assure that this unique
institution will thrive even in these difficult times.
As we prepare to celebrate NCCAT’s 25th anniversary, we remain steadfast in our belief that
all students deserve a quality education. Common sense and abundant research tell us that
teacher quality is the single most important factor in improving student achievement. Students
with strong teachers in consecutive years soar academically, regardless of other external
factors beyond the control of the school. Our state’s legislators know that we simply cannot
compromise on teacher quality. North Carolina’s 1.46 million public school students need
teachers who can inspire them to do their absolute best work—each and every school day.
NCCAT continues to work tirelessly to provide meaningful and effective professional
development for our state’s teachers—to help them to be great. This fiscal year, NCCAT served
more than 2,800 teachers in seminars and programs; three-quarters of these teachers have
been in the classroom twenty years or less, so they will continue to have a positive and lasting
impact on their students for a very long time. We know the teachers of today are touching
tomorrow. We understand the future starts now, and we are ready to change the world—one
great teacher at a time.
Linda S. Suggs
Chair, Board of Trustees
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Mary D. McDuffie
Executive Director
NCCAT Delivers What Teachers Need Most
In February 2010, former North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt Jr. said, “Education is
the foundation for all we do in life. It shapes who we are and what we aspire to be…. Let’s
encourage and reward creativity in our students—and in our teachers. Let’s breathe new life
into our classrooms, making them more engaging with teaching that places value on both
style and substance.”
We could not agree more. Since 1985, the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of
Teaching has provided rich professional support and collaborative opportunities for more
than 60,000 public school educators—including teachers, school counselors, library media
specialists, and administrators.
NCCAT’s instructional programming is essential for North Carolina’s public schools, providing
professional development seminars focusing on beginning teacher support, STEM instruction,
diversity education, dropout prevention, literacy skills, and the humanities.
All around the world, nations are investing in teacher learning as they seek to drive students’
academic success and improve education systems. In our own country, President Barack
Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have both made teaching quality a major focus
of our nation’s education policy.
Increasing teacher effectiveness is fundamental to improving public education in our state and
that is where NCCAT plays a pivotal role—by providing meaningful and ongoing professional
development opportunities for beginning and veteran pre-kindergarten through twelfth-grade
teachers throughout their careers. NCCAT seminars foster creativity, ingenuity, and teamwork
so teachers can cultivate classrooms that are more active, engaging, collaborative, experiential,
and interdisciplinary.
If education policy is going to have a positive impact, we must recognize that teacher
development is a primary means of enhancing student achievement and ensuring academic
success in the twenty-first century. Knowing that many school districts have a need for
effective professional development, NCCAT remains one of the best opportunities for
supporting our state’s teachers by offering quintessential instructional programming.
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Did You Know?
• NCCAT conducts interdisciplinary, content-specific seminars for pre-kindergarten through
twelfth-grade teachers in the environmental and biological sciences, health, technology,
humanities, arts, communication, and leadership—strengthening teachers and helping keep
them in the profession.
• NCCAT has achieved national recognition for its proven methodology in transformative
professional development and efficacy that is critical to teacher retention and subsequent
student achievement. NCCAT serves both beginning and experienced teachers, as well as
teachers seeking National Board certification and teachers conducting scholarly research.
• NCCAT models best practices for application to the classroom. An overwhelming 99% of
teachers report that they have gained valuable knowledge and skills that they can apply to
their classrooms during their NCCAT seminar, and 98% report that their NCCAT experience
will aid in their efforts to increase student achievement.
• NCCAT understands that it takes teamwork and collaboration to create a school climate
where teachers and students thrive. Since 1985, NCCAT has been encouraging teams of
teachers and administrators to participate in content-specific professional development
seminars, such as “Young, Black, and Male in the 21st Century” and “Ain’t Misbehavin’:
Ethics, Law, and Conflict Resolution for Educators,” as well as through the Principal
Scholars Initiative.
• NCCAT invests in the future of North Carolina’s teachers, children, and communities by
reviewing and incorporating appropriate state and national education initiatives into its
professional development programming for educators.
• NCCAT seminars and programs incorporate the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
and are aligned with the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards. NCCAT covers
all program costs including seminar expenses, meals, lodging, and pay for the substitute
teacher while the participant is attending the seminar.
• NCCAT provides high-quality, research-based professional development year-round on two
residential campuses, one in Cullowhee and the other in Ocracoke. Both campuses provide
seminar space, state-of-the-art computer laboratories, lodging, and dining services. NCCAT
maintains one infrastructure for both campuses; all administrative, registration, finance, human
relations, and other essential operations-related services are based at the Cullowhee campus.
• NCCAT provides effective professional development for our state’s public school teachers
throughout their careers.
• Almost half of the teachers who have come
to NCCAT in the past five years have been
teaching for ten years or less. About 75%
have been teaching for twenty years or
less. These teachers will continue to make
a positive and lasting difference with their
students for years to come.
• According to the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, “Teachers need continued
appropriate professional development,
mentoring to build teacher effectiveness,
and ongoing support that will ensure they
want to stay in the classroom.”
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0-5 yrs
6-10 yrs
11-15 yrs
16-20 yrs
21-25 yrs
26-30 yrs
31+
yrs
28%
21%
12% 15%
10%
10%
4%
Calendar Years 2005–2009
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The NCCAT Beginning Teachers Model
NCCAT recognizes that beginning teachers have unique professional development
needs. Since 2003, NCCAT has worked with predominately low-wealth, high-need
rural school districts to provide a comprehensive framework of high-quality strategic
programming to increase beginning teacher effectiveness and promote student
achievement, while establishing a network of support during this particularly challenging
time in teachers’ careers.
To address the critical issues related to retaining and strengthening beginning teachers,
NCCAT has created a comprehensive induction program designed specifically to support
teachers in their first three years of teaching. The NCCAT Beginning Teachers Model is
comprised of NCCAT Connections, a yearlong program designed for teachers in their
first year in the classroom, and “Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the
Classroom,” a five-day residential seminar designed for teachers in their second or third
year of teaching. Both of these programs allow beginning teachers to explore and practice
instructional strategies that will help them be successful and assist them in meeting the
needs of all students.
NCCAT Connections is an extensive, yearlong induction program for teachers in their first
year in the classroom. It is designed to provide high-quality, research-based professional
development to retain, strengthen, and support these first-year teachers and address
the needs of students in under-served and under-resourced communities. The program
is primarily site-based within the school district, but also includes an opportunity for
teachers from two different school districts to come together for a weekend seminar that
focuses on meeting the needs of students of poverty.
NCCAT’s “Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the Classroom” seminars
are designed for teachers in their critically important second or third year of teaching
who have not had the benefit of participating in NCCAT Connections. These five-day
residential seminars are designed to focus on those areas that will have the greatest
impact on increasing teacher effectiveness, engaging students, managing the
classroom, and enhancing student achievement.
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Teaching Students of the 21st Century Initiative
The jobs of tomorrow are going to require expanded skills in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM). With a global economy that demands creativity,
ingenuity, and a strong STEM-based workforce, the need for STEM-related professional
development is more important than ever before. NCCAT’s Teaching Students of the 21st
Century Initiative gives teachers a better foundation in STEM and therefore increases
their confidence in teaching STEM-related content, especially those with general
education backgrounds.
As North Carolina moves to emphasize STEM disciplines in the public school curriculum,
NCCAT’s Teaching Students of the 21st Century Initiative continues to provide our state’s
teachers with the professional development they need to help students compete and
succeed in the twenty-first century. NCCAT gives teachers hands-on experiences with
the newest frontiers, allowing them to learn and share creative, engaging, and effective
teaching strategies. NCCAT seminars energize our state’s teachers’ intellectual curiosity
in these areas and they, in turn, actively engage their students.
NCCAT offers instructional programming specifically addressing science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics, including seminars such as “Catching Up with Your
Students: Navigating Technology for the 21st Century”; “Climbing the Double Helix: Is
DNA Destiny?”; “Dollars and Sense: Building Financial Literacy”; “Everyone Needs a
Little Mystery: CSI in Your Classroom”; “The Ecology of Barrier Islands”; “Multimedia in
the Classroom: Empowering Student Learning”; “Sea Level Rise: The Impact of Climate
Change”; and “You Go, Girl! Empowering Girls in Math, Science, and Technology.”
All of NCCAT’s professional development seminars are designed to equip teachers with
the critical skills and knowledge that will strengthen their ability to teach and integrate
STEM into the curriculum in exciting and innovative ways. The more knowledgeable
and inspired teachers are in these areas, the better educated and prepared the next
generation will be.
The Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc.
Create a Legacy for Tomorrow: Inspire the Teachers of Today
The Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc. was established in 1994 to foster and promote the growth,
progress, and general welfare of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching and to receive
and administer gifts and donations for such purposes.
We are extremely grateful for the generous support of our grant partners, sponsors, and donors,
especially during these challenging economic times. Their financial commitment to NCCAT’s instructional
programming during the 2009–2010 fiscal year has provided much-needed support so that NCCAT can
continue to inspire great teaching.
PROGRAM Grants
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
• $125,000 in support of NCCAT Connections, a program for teachers in their first year in the classroom.
This grant provided funding for teachers from school districts in Bertie, Hertford, and Warren counties to
participate in NCCAT Connections, a yearlong induction program for teachers in their first year of teaching.
• $30,000 in support of “Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the Classroom,” a five-day
residential seminar for teachers in their second or third year of teaching.
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc.
• $65,000 in support of NCCAT’s Holocaust Education Program.
Grant funds supported teachers participating in NCCAT’s “Teaching the Holocaust: Resources and
Reflections” seminar in Washington, DC and “Gathering of Holocaust Educators: Perspectives on
Genocide in the Shadow of the Holocaust” seminar in Cullowhee.
Charles M. and Mary D. Grant Foundation
• $30,000 in support of NCCAT’s Teaching Students of the 21st Century Initiative.
Grant funds supported teachers participating in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) professional development seminars.
Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation
• $10,000 in support of NCCAT’s Teaching Students of the 21st Century Initiative.
Grant funds supported teachers participating in a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) professional development seminar.
Dominion Foundation: Dominion Educational Partnership
• $6,400 in support of NCCAT’s Teaching Students of the 21st Century Initiative.
Grant funds supported teachers participating in NCCAT’s “Planet Wetlands: Living Marshlands of the
Outer Banks” professional development seminar.
PROGRAM Contracts
The Kenan Fellows Program partnered with NCCAT for the development and implementation of a seminar
designed to investigate complex policy decisions involving science and technology called “Navigating
Complexity,” which was conducted in the summer of 2009.
Edgecombe County Public Schools, Johnston County Public Schools, and Martin County Public Schools
These school systems participated in NCCAT Connections, a yearlong induction program for teachers in their
first year of teaching.
The Collaborative Project of the Public School Forum of North Carolina partnered with NCCAT
by supporting teachers participating in NCCAT’s “Best Practices for Motivating African American
Students” seminar that was designed to help close the achievement gap.
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction partnered to support NCCAT’s Principal Scholars
Initiative, a pilot program designed to help develop supportive school leaders and give principals the
unprecedented opportunity to participate in a professional development seminar with teachers from across
the state.
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Special Events
The following individuals and organizations supported public education by hosting an NCCAT special event:
• In November 2009, Diamonds Direct Crabtree hosted a fundraising event
in Raleigh to support the Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc.
• In April 2010, Alfred and Anita Schnog hosted a fundraising
event in Wilmington to support NCCAT’s Holocaust
Education Program.
Golden Apple Schools
When teachers return to their classrooms after participating in an NCCAT seminar, they often join a
larger community of NCCAT alumni. Frequently, this cadre of teacher leaders recognizes that the NCCAT
experience has contributed significantly to their personal and professional lives and they look for ways to
give back to NCCAT.
In fiscal year 2009–2010, all of the NCCAT alumni in twenty-nine schools contributed to the NCCAT Annual
Fund, thus achieving Golden Apple School status. This is a 26% increase over the previous fiscal year,
which is especially significant during these economically challenging times. Eighteen of these Golden Apple
Schools are consecutive award winners.
HONORED EDUCATOR SCHOLARSHIPS
NCCAT’s Honored Educator Scholarship Program gives tribute to outstanding individuals and educators
by providing scholarship funds in their names. Scholarship funds can be named in honor of classroom
teachers, coaches, administrators, school board members, or community volunteers—anyone who has
made a positive difference in the field of education. Donors can establish scholarships with preference
for teachers from a geographic area or an academic discipline. NCCAT administers each scholarship that
reaches the endowment goal of $25,000.
These scholarships make it possible for NCCAT to serve more teachers by supplementing the annual state
budget. Each named scholarship is awarded annually to a North Carolina teacher, who also receives a
$250 cash award for a classroom project. To make a donation honoring these educators or to start a new
scholarship fund, please contact the Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc. at foundation@nccat.org.
Honored Educator Scholarships for Teachers in these Counties
Boldface indicates funds have reached the $25,000 level as of June 30, 2010.
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Mary Jo Allen: Teacher of the Year/Edgecombe County
Mary Jo Allen: Hertford County
The Belk Foundation: Statewide
Robert E. and Hattie H. Bridges: Wake County
Robert E. Bridges: Cary Academy
Marjorie T. and John S. Britt: Statewide
Brian Bryson: Jackson County
William Byrum: Perquimans County
Anne Marie Collins: Alamance County
Dare County Schools: Teacher of the Year/Dare County
Boyce T. Deitz: Swain County
Devonwood Foundation: Durham Academy
Mary Jane Coward Dillard: Jackson County
Duplin County: Teacher of the Year/Duplin County
Jerome D. Franson: Statewide
Luz M. Frye: Foreign Language Teachers
Karen Gerringer: Principal Fellows Interns
Guilford County Schools: Teacher of the Year/Guilford County
Elsie Brame Hunt and Norma Henderson Leonard: Wilson County
Phillip J. Kirk Jr.: Rowan-Salisbury Schools*
Susan S. McHugh: Polk County
Mabel Roberson McIntyre: Nash and Wilson Counties
Lynda Petty: Randolph County*
A. Craig Phillips: Statewide*
Jean P. Powell: Clinton City and Sampson County
A. M. Primm: Alamance County
Eugene and Jean Rogers: Martin County
Richard A. Schwartz: Statewide
Gracia and John Slater Family: Jackson and Henderson Counties
Simon F. Terrell: Durham, Orange, Wake, Warren Counties*
Richard L. Thompson: Statewide
Beulah Padgett Whichard: Clay and Durham Counties
Willis P. Whichard: Statewide
C. Fletcher Womble Jr.: Cumberland County
An asterisk (*) indicates a second Honored Educator Scholarship has been initiated.
• In June 2010, the Sandhills Region
Education Consortium hosted the
fifth annual “Old Fossil” Golf
Tournament in Pinehurst to honor
Dr. A. Craig Phillips, former
superintendent of the North Carolina
Department of Public Instruction.
Personnel $ 4,044,357
• Wages, salaries, and benefits for 82 full-time and part-time employees
Substitute Teachers and Visiting Presenters 637,109
Current Services 914,438
• Other services, including maintenance contracts and services, utilities, telephone,
building and equipment repairs, travel, printing, and contracted food services
Supplies 353,371
• Program materials, books, videos, food products, office supplies, cleaning materials,
and maintenance materials for building and grounds
Equipment and Technology 2,504
• Furnishings, computers, network and infrastructure upgrades, and office equipment
Fixed Charges 69,099
• Insurance, rental agreements, professional publications, and memberships
TOTAL: $ 6,020,878
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68.6%
25.3%
5.0%
68.6%–Seminars and Programs 1.1%
Planning, registration, lodging services, visiting
presenters, staff services, substitute teachers,
supplies and materials, teacher and staff travel,
and teacher services
25.3%–Direct Support Services
Dining services, building and grounds
maintenance, repairs, minor improvements,
cleaning, utilities and telephone equipment, and
contracted services
5.0%–Administration
Management, planning, reporting, budget, policy
analysis, and personnel
1.1%–Development
Administrative costs and expenses of the
Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc.
HOW THE 2009–2010 BUDGET WAS SPENT
Financials 2009–2010
STATE BUDGET
The Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc. is a 501(c)(3) that was established to help the North Carolina
Center for the Advancement of Teaching more effectively leverage state resources. This has enabled NCCAT
to attain matching funds and to participate in cost-sharing programs with a host of entities, resulting in
numerous partnerships with school systems, educational agencies, and public and private funders.
The generous support of North Carolina’s state government serves as a baseline budget for NCCAT’s
innovative instructional programming. Through the additional support of friends, private foundations,
and corporate partners, NCCAT is able to provide highly effective professional development for
North Carolina’s public school teachers. We offer our sincere appreciation for the generous gifts from
many organizations and individuals during the 2009–2010 fiscal year. These contributions reflect their
commitment to the vital role NCCAT plays in strengthening public education in North Carolina.
Income
Honored Educator Scholarship and Holocaust Education Endowments $ 75,995
Annual Fund 164,755
Investment Income 62,635
Subtotal $ 303,385
Program Grants
Golden LEAF Foundation ($174,000: Calendar Year 2009)
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation $ 155,000
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc. 65,000
Charles M. and Mary D. Grant Foundation 30,000
Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation 10,000
Dominion Foundation: Dominion Educational Partnership 6,400
Subtotal $ 266,400
Program Contracts $ 86,726
Grand Total $ 656,511
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92.8%–State Funding $6,020,878
5.4%–Grant/Contractual Funding $353,126
1.8%–Foundation Funding $118,095
TOTAL: $6,492,099
2009–2010 TOTAL OPERATING FUNDS
92.8%
1.8%
5.4%
Financials 2009–2010
DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION OF NCCAT INC.
Summary of Activities
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Most citizens believe that the primary role of public schools is to educate our children so they can grow
up to become productive members of society. Although there are many theories about the best way to
accomplish this goal, experts agree that the most significant factor contributing to student learning is
teacher quality. And that’s where NCCAT plays a vital role. NCCAT positively impacts public education by
providing extraordinary professional development for North Carolina teachers throughout their careers.
NCCAT’s instructional programming is designed to give teachers the support and resources they need to
be highly effective and enhance student achievement.
Beginning Teachers Programming
Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the Classroom (eleven seminars) • Cullowhee and Ocracoke
Designed for beginning teachers in their second or third year of teaching.
NCCAT Connections—A comprehensive yearlong induction program designed for first-year teachers in
Bertie, Edgecombe, Hertford, Johnston, Martin, and Warren counties that is held in their school districts
and at NCCAT’s Cullowhee campus.
Arts, Humanities, Cultural Diversity, and Leadership Seminars
Ain’t Misbehavin’: Ethics, Law, and Conflict Resolution for Educators • Cullowhee
Best Practices for Motivating African American Students • Cullowhee
Best Practices for Teaching Latino Students • Cullowhee
Biltmore House: Its People and Impact • Cullowhee
Biltmore: Vision, History, and Heritage • Cullowhee
Books as Hooks: Motivating Students to Read and Write • Ocracoke
Camelot: The Myth and Mystique of the Kennedy Years (two seminars) • Ocracoke
Daring to Lead • Cullowhee
Emotional Intelligence and Wellness in the Classroom (two seminars) • Cullowhee and Ocracoke
Exceptional Opportunities: Meeting the Needs of Children with Developmental Disabilities • Cullowhee
Exploring the Landscape through Art and Writing • Cullowhee
From Biltmore to the Blue Ridge: The Vision of George W. Vanderbilt • Cullowhee
From Harlem to Hip-Hop • Cullowhee
From Imagination to Inspiration: Living the Creative Life • Cullowhee
From Moonshine to Fine Wine: Economics, History, and Change in North Carolina • Cullowhee
Front Porch Swings and Onion Rings: Enduring Myths and Emerging Realities • Cullowhee
Gathering of Holocaust Educators: Perspectives on Genocide in the Shadow of the Holocaust • Cullowhee
Global Perspectives: Promoting the World through Your Students’ Eyes • Cullowhee
Grappling with History: The Trail of Tears • Cullowhee
Heart of Teaching • Cullowhee
History Hits Home: World War II off North Carolina’s Coast • Ocracoke
Is There a Children’s Book in You? • Cullowhee
Island People, Island Culture • Ocracoke
Leadership, Creativity, and Change: Positive Paths for North Carolina Schools • Cullowhee
Let Freedom Ride! Traveling the Road to Civil Rights in America • North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama
Light the Way: Exploring the Lighhouses of the Outer Banks • Ocracoke
North Carolina Is My Home: Celebrating Our State’s Literary Heritage • Ocracoke
On the Edge of Forever: Teaching Beyond the Boundaries • Ocracoke
Oral History: The Art of Storytelling • Cullowhee
Place of Refuge: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park • Cullowhee
Reading and Writing by the Sea • Ocracoke
Salty Dogs and the Lore of the Sea • Ocracoke
Songs and Tales of Whales and Sails • Ocracoke
Teaching Reluctant Readers: Bringing Boys to Books • Cullowhee
Teaching the Holocaust: Resources and Reflections • Washington, DC
Teaching with Confidence in Diverse Classrooms • Cullowhee
Teaching Writing through Children’s Literature (two seminars) • Cullowhee and Ocracoke
The Power of Words • Cullowhee
The Transformative Power of the Arts • Cullowhee
Titanic: History and Mystery of the Ship of Dreams • Ocracoke
US Coast Guard: Guardians of the Sea • Ocracoke
Visual Journal: Where the Image Meets the Word • Cullowhee
Women in Aviation: Pioneers of Courage (two seminars) • Ocracoke
Writing from Sound to Sea: Inspiration and Creativity by the Shore • Ocracoke
Writing Powerful Stories: Principles and Practice • Ocracoke
Young, Black, and Male in the 21st Century • Cullowhee
Independent Study and Research
Teacher Scholars in Residence • Cullowhee
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Seminars
Twenty-one National Board Support Seminars were held for teachers who are candidates for
national certification • Cullowhee and Ocracoke
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Seminars
Climbing the Double Helix: Is DNA Destiny? • Ocracoke
Crime Scene Investigator: The New Sherlock Holmes • Cullowhee
Dollars and Sense: Building Financial Literacy • Ocracoke
Empowering Student Learning in the Digital Universe • Cullowhee
Endangered Species: Saving the Loggerhead and Piping Plover • Ocracoke
Everyone Needs a Little Mystery: CSI in Your Classroom • Cullowhee
Get the Picture? The Math, Science, and Art of Photography • Cullowhee
Growing Healthy: Green Living in the 21st Century • Cullowhee
Holistic Health • Cullowhee
Hurricanes: In the Eye of the Storm • Ocracoke
Multimedia in the Classroom: Empowering Student Learning • Cullowhee
Narrative Images: Storytelling in the Age of New Media • Cullowhee
NASCAR: Science on the Racetrack • Concord
Natural Rhythms of the River • Cullowhee
New Year, New You: Renewing Our Commitment to Health • Cullowhee
Planet Wetlands: Living Marshlands of the Outer Banks • Ocracoke
Sea Level Rise: The Impact of Climate Change on the Outer Banks • Ocracoke
Sea, Sand, and Human Hands: The Changing Face of the Outer Banks • Ocracoke
Starry, Starry Night • Ocracoke
Stress, Health, and Learning (two seminars) • Cullowhee
The Appalachian Trail: Experiential Ecology • Cullowhee
The Ecology of Barrier Islands • Ocracoke
The Mountain • Cullowhee and Mount LeConte
Wiki, Wacky, What? Understanding Web 2.0 Applications • Cullowhee
World in Motion: Careers and Creativity in the Car Industry • Cullowhee
You Go, Girl! Empowering Girls in Math, Science, and Technology • Cullowhee
Programs for Educational Groups
Junior and Senior Teaching Fellows: Public School Forum of North Carolina • Hickory
Navigating Complexity: Kenan Fellows Summer Institute • Cullowhee
National Board Candidate Support Training • Cullowhee
National Board Golden LEAF Candidate Support Provider Training • Graham County
National Board Candidate Support Providers Meeting–Western Region • Cullowhee
Weekend Seminars for Alumni
Musical Traditions of North Carolina • Atlantic Beach
Motown: The Message in the Moves • Cullowhee
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Partners
We are honored to be associated with these individuals, companies, institutions, and agencies whose
support helps to enhance NCCAT’s instructional programming. During 2009–2010, the following
organizations provided world-class scholars and presenters for professional development seminars and
served as partners with NCCAT in advancing the art and profession of teaching in North Carolina.
These partners are located in North Carolina unless otherwise indicated.
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Colleges and Universities
Appalachian State University
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Belmont Abbey College
Dalton State College, Dalton, Georgia
Duke University
Durham Technical Community College
East Carolina University
Fayetteville State University
Guilford College
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia
New York University, New York, New York
North Carolina A&T State University
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina State University
Institute of the Environment
Kenan Fellows Program
The Science House
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
Southwestern Community College (GEAR UP)
University of North Carolina at Asheville
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Center for the Study of the American South
Institute for the Environment
Marine Sciences
North Carolina Collection
Research Laboratories of Archaeology
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
Western Carolina University
Center for Rapid Product Realization
Cherokee Center
Hunter Library, Special Collections
Intensive English Program
Mountain Heritage Center
Psychological Services
Spring Literary Festival
Business, Education, and Government
Alchemy for Leaders
Asheville High School
Audubon North Carolina
BMW, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Barrier Island Aviation
Campbell Shatley PLLC
Capstone Publishers, Mankato, Minnesota
Charles M. and Mary D. Grant Foundation
City Club at de Rosset
City Lights Bookstore
Communities in Schools of North Carolina
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc.,
New York, New York
Dark Cove Pottery and Farm
Dare County Commission
DeKalb County Central United School District, Waterloo, Indiana
Dominion Foundation: Dominion Educational Partnership
Dream Builders Communications Inc.
Duke Energy Foundation
Evergreen Community Charter School
Franklin Police Department
Golden LEAF Foundation
GlaxoSmithKline Community Partnerships
Green Energy Park
Grove Park Inn
Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel
Harris Regional Hospital
Hatteras Community Center
Haywood Regional Park and Fitness Center
Hyde County Emergency Management Services
Hyde County Sheriff’s Department
Island Institute, Rockland, Maine
Jackson County School of Alternatives
Johnston County Schools
Knoxville Police Department, Knoxville, Tennessee
Law Office of Thomas M. Stern
LEARN NC
Literacy Beyond Picture Books
Lobsterman & Island Institute, Little Cranberry Island, Maine
Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Macon County Sheriff’s Department
Michelin, Greenville, South Carolina
MindSpring Consulting Inc.
Mission Hospitals
Moore & Van Allen
Morrow High School, Rex, Georgia
Mountain Crossings, Neel’s Gap, Georgia
NASCAR Research and Development Facility
Nantahala Outdoor Center
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards,
Arlington, Virginia
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National
Weather Service
Ninth Grade Academy, Stockbridge, Georgia
North Buncombe High School
North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association
North Carolina Bookwatch
North Carolina Coastal Federation
North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
North Carolina Council on the Holocaust
North Carolina Department of Administration
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources:
State Historic Preservation Office
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Coastal Management
Division of Marine Fisheries
Division of Water Quality
Division of Water Resources
State Stormwater Management Program
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
North Carolina Department of Transportation: Ferry Division
North Carolina Division of Emergency Management
North Carolina State Construction Office
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Northwood High School
Ocracoke Civic and Business Association
Ocracoke Island Airport
Ocracoke School
Ocracoke Seafood Company
Ocracoke Working Watermen’s Association
Penske Racing
Penske Technology Group
Performance Instruction & Training, Pit Crew U
Petty Enterprises
Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation
Pisgah Inn
Rachel E. Beaulieu Law Office PLLC
Random House Inc., New York, New York
South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, Charleston, South Carolina
State Employees’ Credit Union
Storypoint Media
T.C. Roberson High School
Teacher’s Workshop, Milledgeville, Georgia
United States Army Corps of Engineers
United States Coast Guard
United States Department of Environment and Natural Resources,
Washington, DC
United States Forest Service
United States Navy
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 2
Valley Springs Middle School
Vegenui Garden
Victory Junction
Wake County Public Schools
Weaver Academy of Advanced Technology
Wells Fargo, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
Y.E. Smith Elementary School
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Museums, Libraries, and Parks
Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation,
New York, New York
Benjamin E. Mays Memorial, Atlanta, Georgia
Blue Ridge Parkway
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center
Cradle of Forestry in America
Destiny Traveling Science Learning Program
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Howard Washington Thurman National Memorial, Atlanta, Georgia
Jockey’s Ridge State Park
Kituwah Mound
Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel, Atlanta, Georgia
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Atlanta, Georgia
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
Mountain Farm Museum
Museum of the Cherokee Indian
National Park Service
National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, Selma, Alabama
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Oconaluftee Indian Village
Oconaluftee Visitor Center
Ocracoke Lighthouse
Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum
Pack Place Education, Arts, and Science Center:
The Health Adventure
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
Pisgah National Forest
Sam Bass Gallery
Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama
Springer’s Point Preserve
Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
Wright Brothers National Memorial
Cultural Diversity and Awareness
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), Atlanta, Georgia
Center for Diversity Education
Center for Participatory Change
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Hillside International Truth Center, Atlanta, Georgia
IBM Multicultural People in Technology Project
Imaginative Storm Writing Workshops, New York, New York
InterCultural Advantage
North Carolina Council on the Holocaust
Alfred and Anita Schnog
Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education
Teaching Tolerance, a Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center,
Montgomery, Alabama
Religious Organizations
Adas Israel Synagogue, Washington, DC
Basilica of Saint Lawrence
Cathedral of All Souls
Ocracoke Assembly of God Church
Ocracoke United Methodist Church
Rabbi Israel Fund
Arts and Engagements
Asheville Playback Theater
Albatross Fleet
Bandana Klezmer
Barrier Island Aviation Ltd.
Burrus Flightseeing Tours
Clapping Dog Music
Circle Project
Corbis-Bettmann
Coyote Music
Elizabeth Ellison Watercolors
Evergreen Tai Chi
Frogtown Four
God Bless and Child Productions, Plainfield, New Jersey
Gregg Gelb Trio
Hatteras Island Tours
David Holt, High Windy Productions Inc.
Kitty Hawk Kites
Laughing Eye Studio
Looking Glass Productions
Martin & Friends
McIntyre Photography Inc.
Molasses Creek
Nina Bagley Designs
Ninth Wonder
Philomel Books, New York, New York
Pocosin Arts Gallery
Portsmouth Island Boat Tours
Portsmouth Island ATV Excursions
Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual Inc.
Ride the Wind Surf Shop
Sam Bass Gallery of Motorsports Art
The Schooner Windfall
Will & Deni Films
Kat Williams, Williams Entertainment Group
Historic and Environmental Preservation
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Appropriate Building Solutions Inc.
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Balsam Mountain Trust
Biltmore Estate
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site
Cradle of Forestry Interpretive Association
Friends of Portsmouth Island
HandMade in America
Jackson County Green Energy Park
Judaculla Rock
Moffat and Nichols
Mount LeConte Lodge
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“Technology skills are the skills my students need for the future, and it is my responsibility to
equip them for this journey. I am very committed to integrating what I learned in this NCCAT
seminar into my daily instruction. I believe being able to connect with my students’ passion
for technology will result in higher engagement with their lessons, which will result
in increased student success.”
Lydia Kirkman, Northwest Guilford Middle School, Guilford County
“Attending the annual ‘Gathering of Holocaust Educators’ is like attending a college-level
course. The professional learning community provides us with extensive resources. Each year,
what I learn is incorporated into what I teach and how I teach.”
Pernell Collett, Ledford Senior High School, Davidson County
“NCCAT has provided me with the most in-depth and informative professional development
seminar that I have ever attended. It not only educated me as a teacher, but also inspired me
to go above and beyond to create quality learning experiences for all my students.”
Miranda Saul, Murrayville Elementary School, New Hanover County
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